ovs-appctl, for querying and controlling Open vSwitch daemon usage: ovs-appctl [TARGET] COMMAND [ARG...] Targets: -t, --target=TARGET pidfile or socket to contact Common commands: list-commands List commands supported by the target version Print version of the target vlog/list List current logging levels vlog/list-pattern List logging patterns for each destination. vlog/set [SPEC] Set log levels as detailed in SPEC, which may include: A valid module name (all modules, by default) 'syslog', 'console', 'file' (all destinations, by default)) 'off', 'emer', 'err', 'warn', 'info', or 'dbg' ('dbg', bydefault) vlog/reopen Make the program reopen its log file Other options: --timeout=SECS wait at most SECS seconds for a response -f, --format=FMT Output format. One of: 'json', or 'text' (default: text) --pretty Format the output in a more readable fashion. Requires: --format=json. -h, --help Print this helpful information -V, --version Display ovs-appctl version information